Job 16
1 And Job answered and said,
Pamenepo Yobu anayankha kuti,
2 I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all.
“Ndinamvapo zambiri monga zimenezi; nonsenu ndinu anthu osatha kutonthoza mtima mnzanu.
3 Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Kodi mawu anu ochulukawo adzatha? Kodi chikukuvutani nʼchiyani kuti muzingoyankhula mawu otsutsawa?
4 I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;
Inenso ndikanatha kuyankhula monga inu, inuyo mukanakhala monga ndilili inemu; Ine ndikanatha kuyankhula mawu omveka bwino kutsutsana nanu ndi kukupukusirani mutu wanga.
5 [But] I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage [your pain].
Ndipo mawu a pakamwa panga akanakulimbikitsani; chitonthozo chochokera pa milomo yanga chikanachepetsa ululu wanu.
6 If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
“Koma ine ndikati ndiyankhule ululu wanga sukuchepa; ndipo ndikati ndikhale chete, ululu wanga sukuchokabe.
7 But now he hath made me weary; ...thou hast made desolate all my family;
Ndithudi, Inu Mulungu mwanditha mphamvu; mwawononga banja langa lonse.
8 Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.
Inu mwandimanga ndipo kundimangako kwakhala umboni; kuwonda kwanga kwandiwukira ndipo kukuchita umboni wonditsutsa.
9 His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; [as] mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.
Mulungu amabwera kwa ine mwankhanza ndipo amadana nane, amachita kulumira mano; mdani wanga amandituzulira maso.
10 They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
Anthu amatsekula pakamwa pawo kundikuwiza; amandimenya pa tsaya mwachipongwe ndipo amagwirizana polimbana nane.
11 God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
Mulungu wandipereka kwa anthu ochita zoyipa ndipo wandiponyera mʼmanja mwa anthu oyipa mtima.
12 I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Ine ndinali pamtendere, koma Mulungu ananditswanya; anandigwira pa khosi ndi kundiphwanya. Iye anandisandutsa choponyera chandamale chake;
13 His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
anthu ake oponya mauta andizungulira. Mopanda kundimvera chisoni, Iye akulasa impsyo zanga ndipo akutayira pansi ndulu yanga.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
Akundivulaza kawirikawiri, akuthamangira pa ine monga munthu wankhondo.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
“Ndasokerera chiguduli pa thupi langa ndipo ndayika mphamvu zanga pa fumbi.
16 My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Maso anga afiira ndi kulira, ndipo zikope zanga zatupa;
17 Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
komatu manja anga sanachite zachiwawa ndipo pemphero langa ndi lolungama.
18 O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!
“Iwe dziko lapansi, usakwirire magazi anga; kulira kwanga kofuna thandizo kusalekeke!
19 Even now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.
Ngakhale tsopano mboni yanga ili kumwamba; wonditchinjiriza pa mlandu wanga ali komweko.
20 My friends are my mockers; mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Wondipembedzera ndi bwenzi langa, pamene maso anga akukhuthula misozi kwa Mulungu;
21 Oh that there were arbitration for a man with God, as a son of man for his friend!
iye, mʼmalo mwanga, amamudandaulira Mulungu monga munthu amadandaulira bwenzi lake.
22 For years [few] in number shall pass, — and I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
“Pakuti sipapita zaka zambiri ndisanayende mʼnjira imene sindidzabwerera.”
